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Competencies of front-line managers in supported accommodation: issues for practice and future research
- Authors:
- CLEMENT Tim, BIGBY Christine
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 37(2), June 2012, pp.131-140.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The Department of Human Services in Victoria, Australia, manages over 500 group homes, including supported accommodation for people with intellectual disability. As part of a larger research project investigating outcomes in these group homes, this project used a list of 142 competencies for house supervisors or front-line managers in group homes (which had been identified in a research study in Minnesota) as a basis for reviewing what should be expected of the equivalent position in Victoria. The competency statements, adapted and reworded to reflect the local context and terminology, were used as the foundation for semi-structured interviews with a sample of 16 highly performing house supervisors and 5 senior managers which explored their perceptions about their roles. The article describes the analysis of the transcribed interviews, with examples from the interviews, and discusses the emergent findings. It highlights the importance of house supervisors' "orientations" (passion and dedication, stamina and flexibility, calmness, tolerance or liking for a degree of freedom, and perceptions of work-life balance).